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Wistful vs Meditative - What's the difference?

wistful | meditative |

As adjectives the difference between wistful and meditative

is that wistful is full of yearning or longing while meditative is .

wistful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • full of yearning or longing
    • His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.
  • sad and thoughtful

    • Synonyms

    * (thoughtful sadness) (l)

    References

    meditative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to meditation .
    • After hearing the news he became meditative .

    Related terms

    * meditate * meditation * meditator ----